ENACTMENT No. 8 Of 2008
SYARIAH COURTS (KEDAH DARUL AMAN) ENACTMENT 2008

PART VII - MISCELLANEOUS



Section 22. Protection of Judges, Court officials, etc.

(1) No Syariah Appeal Court Judge or Syarie Judge shall be liable to any type of action in any Court or Civil Court for any act done, omission, or order given by him in execution of duties as such, whether his act were done within or outside his jurisdiction, and no order for costs shall be made against him:

Provided that at the time of commission of the act, omission to do an act, or the making of the order, the officer bona fide believes that he has the jurisdiction to do so, to omit or to issue the order.

(2) A person in execution of any warrant or order duly issued by Court shall not be liable to any type of action in any Court or Civil Court if such warrant or order has been issued by the said Court when it has the jurisdiction to do so.

(3) A bailiff or any officer of the Court responsible for executing any judgment, order or warrant of attachment of property before judgment shall not be liable to any type of action in any Court or Civil Court for any act done in relation to such seizure, except if he intentionally acts in excess of the powers accorded to him by the said judgment, order or warrant:

Provided that he shall not be deemed to have exceeded the powers accorded to him merely because he has knowledge that the ownership of the property seized is in dispute.




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